李 亞虹 博士
副教授
Biography
李亞虹博士，法學科學碩士和博士（斯坦福），是香港大學法律學系法學碩士〔科技及知識產權法〕課程總監和法律學系副教授。
李亞虹博士專攻知識產權法、文化創意和技術創新的跨學科研究。她主編了《Patents and Innovation in Mainland China and Hong Kong: Two Systems in One Country Compared》（劍橋大學出版社，2017 年），出版了《International Copyright Law and Practice》中國篇 (Lionel Bently主編)（LexisNexis， 2015 年以後），《Imitation to Innovation in China: The Role of Patents in Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industries》（Edward Elgar，2010 年），以及《International and Comparative Intellectual Property: Law, Policy and Practice》（LexisNexis，2005 年）等專著。她有無數論文發表在頂級同行評審期刊上，包括 《International Review of IP and Competition (IIC) 》、《Law, Innovation and Technology (LIT) 》、《Queen Mary Journal of IP (QMJIP) 》、《Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal》、和《UPenn Journal of International Law》。她曾兩次獲得教師研究成果獎；曾在哈佛大學東亞法律研究中心、劍橋大學法學院、馬克斯普朗克創新與競爭研究所、伯克利科技與法律中心、北京大學科技法研究中心、浙江大學法學院、墨爾本大學法學院和台灣中央研究院等擔任訪問學者；並在美國聖克拉拉法學院、薩爾茨堡大學、新加坡管理大學，北京大學深圳國際學院，暨南大學等擔任客座或訪問教授。她曾在 100 多個國際會議上發表演講，並在英國格拉斯哥大學創新、監管、企業與科技中心（CREATe）、世界知識產權組織暑期學校、香港律師會和中國大陸的許多大學發表公開/客座講座。
她是國際知識產權教學與研究促進會（ATRIP）執行委員會委員、加拿大國際法專業協會科學會員、中國知識產權法協會理事會成員、香港專利代理人學會名譽顧問及香港知識共享全球網絡理事會代表、北京大學大灣區知識產權研究所專家委員會委員、中國國家版權交易平台專家顧問、廣州經濟技術開發區知識產權運用與綜合改革及保護專家委員會委員。
她指導了超過 16名博士研究生。她目前教授國際和比較知識產權法，知識產權、創新與發展以及版權與創意課程。
Representative publications:
Books and Monographs:
- Patent and Innovation in China and Hong Kong: Two Systems in One Country Compared (ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
- Copyright, the Internet and the Balance of Rights (in Chinese) (ed.) (HKU Press, 2016)
- China Chapter in Lionel Bently (ed.), International Copyright Law and Practice (LexisNexis, 2015 onward)
- Butterworths Hong Kong Patents Handbook, 2nd edition (LexisNexis, Hong Kong, 2011).
- “Imitation to Innovation in China: the Role of Patents in Biotechology and Pharmaceutical Industries(Edward Elgar, 2010)
- International and Comparative Intellectual Property: Law, Policy and Practice(LexisNexis, 2005)
Journal articles and book chapters:
- “IP, medical AI, and public health crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond,” in Taina, Jukka & Pratyush eds., Intellectual Property Rights in the Post Pandemic World: An Integrated Framework of Sustainability, Innovation and Global Justice, pp. 206-223 (Edward Elgar, Dec. 2023)
- “Review Study: Building an Innovation-Driven Patent System in Hong Kong,” in “Hong Kong Patent Landscape Report” sponsored by HKPC and FHKI, 2023.
- “AI Inventors: Deference for Legal Personality Without Respect for Innovation?” (co-authored with E. Southworth), Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Vol. 18, Issue 1, Jan. 2023, pp. 58-69.
- “AI’s Future Impact on Copyright for AI-Generated Work: Insights from Chinese Case Law” (co-authored with E. Southworth), European Intellectual Property Review (2022) 44 (7), pp. 418-427.
- “Players’ Rights to Game Mods: Towards a More Balanced Copyright Regime,” (co-authored with Z. Deng), Computer Law & Security Review, Vol. 43, November 2021, pp.1-17
- “The Age of Remix and Copyright Law Reform,” Law, Innovation and Technology, Vol. 12, Issue 1, January 2020.
- “Copyright Issues with the Black Hole Image and Their Legal Implications,” Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 38, Issue 1, October 2019.
- “The Current Dilemma and Future of Software Patenting,” International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Issue 7, July 2019.
- “Taking Users’ Rights Seriously: Proposed UGC Solution for Spurring Creativity in Internet Age,” (co-authored with W. Huang), Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, Vol. 9, Issue 2, Feb. 2019.
- “Copyrightability of Remix Works and Creation of Remix Right,” in Susy Frankel (ed.), Is Intellectual Property Pluralism Functional? (Edward Elgar, June 2019).
- China’s Copyright Public Domain: A Comparison with Australia (co-authored with G. Greenleaf), Australian Journal of Intellectual Property Law, No. 1, 2017.
- “Intellectual Property and Innovation: Case Studies of China’s High-Tech Industries”, Oregon Review of International Law, Issue 2, Vol. 13 (2012), pp. 101-144.
- “Intellectual Property and Public Health: Two Sides of the Same Coin,” Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 6:389 [2011], pp. 389-427.
- “Human Gene Patenting and Its Implications to Medical Research,” P. Yu (ed.), Intellectual Property and Information Wealth (Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, London, 2007), pp 347-376.
- “Pushing for Greater Protection: the Trend of Chinese Software Industry and the Implications for the Rule of Law in China,” Penn. J. of Int’l Eco. L., Vol. 23:4, 2002, pp. 637-661.
- “The Wolf Had Come: Are China’s Intellectual Property Industries Prepared for the WTO?” UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 20:1, Fall 2002, pp. 77-112.
- “The Law-making Law: a Solution to the Problems in the Chinese Legislative System?” 1 Hong Kong Law Journal (2000), pp. 120-140.
- “The Central-HKSAR Legislative Relationship: A Constitutional Assessment,” in Raymond Wacks (ed), The New Legal Order in Hong Kong (Hong Kong University Press, 1999), pp 163-182.